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Meaning of 渎

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渎 (Trad.: 瀆)
Pinyin: dú
English Definition: disrespectful; (literary) ditch
Chinese Definition:
①水沟,小渠,亦泛指河川:沟渎。四渎(古代对中国“长江”、“黄河”、“淮河”、“济水”的合称)。
②轻慢,对人不恭敬:亵渎。渎职。烦渎。
Total strokes: 11; Radical: 水
Pictophonetic:卖 indicates the sound; 氵 (water) conveys the meaning.
Character Formation:
  • ⿰ Left to right
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Example Words
渎职 dú zhí wrongdoing; failure to do one's duty
亵渎 xiè dú to blaspheme; to profane
亵渎神明 xiè dú shén míng to blaspheme; to commit sacrilege
自渎 zì dú masturbation; to masturbate
贪渎 tān dú (of an official) corrupt and negligent of his duty
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Example Sentences
1
而当我厌倦了这渎神的玩笑
。
And when I tire of these impious jokes.
2
在当时的发达国家
,
食人被看作残忍
、
渎神的行为
。
At this point cannibalism was considered atrocious and sacrilegious in the developed world.
3
其中有许米乃和亚历山大
。
我已经把他们交给撒但
,
使他们受责罚
,
就不再谤渎了
。
Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn not to blaspheme.
4
一位父么
?
岂不是一位神所造的么
?
我们各人怎么以诡诈待弟兄
,
渎犯了神与我们列祖所立的约呢
?
Have we not all one Father? Has not one God created us? Why are we treacherous, each one to his brother, thus profaning the covenant of our fathers?
5
又叫两个匪徒坐在拿伯对面
,
作见证告他说
,
你谤渎神和王了
。
But seat two scoundrels opposite him and have them testify that he has cursed both God and the king.